Improvement in ironing-tables



J. R. MOBRAYER.

Ironing-Table] v No 197,877. Patented Dec. 4,1877.

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JAMES B. MGBBAYER, OF ASHLAND, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN lRONING-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,877, dated December 4, 1877; application filed October 13, 1877.

' To all whom it may concern:

tion and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a perspective of my ironing-table. Fig. 2 is a side view open, and Fig. 3 a side view folded.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a folding ironingtablc, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate my invention.

A represents the top of the ironing-table or the ironing-board, made in the usual taperin g form, the larger or rear end being straight and the smaller or front end rounded.

Near the rear end, to the under side of the table or board A, are hinged two legs, B B, which are connected, by a cross-bar, B, in such a manner as to make them incline toward each other, or, in other words, making their lower ends closer together than their upper hinged ends.

Near the lower ends of the legs B B they are connected by another cross-bar or round, B which has tenons a a projecting through and beyond the legs B B to pass through 1011- gitudinal slots 1) b in two arms or braces, C O. The tenons a a have heads or buttons at a on their ends to prevent the braces from coming off the same; and in the lower ends of the slots 12 in said braces are notches b, to allow the braces to settle down upon the tenons and be, so to speak, locked in position.

Between the other ends of the arms or braces G O are pivoted two legs, D D, which are connected by a cross-bar, D and are arranged in such inclined form that they will fold within the braces.

In the upper ends of legs D D is framed an H-shaped piece, D having projecting lugs 61 d, which form stops against the upper edges of the braces O 0 when the parts are thrown out for supporting thetop or board A. When thus thrown out the notches b in the braces G fit on the tenons a at the sides of the legs B B, and the stops d hold the legs D in proper position. The piece D then fits between lugs h h, on the under side of the board A, near the front end, to support the same- The board A can easily be'raised on its.

hinges to pass skirts,.shirts, or other similar garments over the same for ironing.

When the ironingboard is not in use the legs B B and D D fold inside of the braces O (3, and said braces being slid longitudinally on the tenons a, the whole supporting-frame is folded close together against the under side of the board A, and within the space occupied by said board.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The combination, with an ironing-board, A, of the hinged legs B B, having tenons a a, the braces G 0, having slots 1) b, with notches b b, the .legs D 1) hinged between the braces, and provided with top piece D having stops (1 d, and the lugs h h on. the under side of the board, all constructed substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I-claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES RILEY MGBBAYER.

Witnesses:

Gno. E. BRYAN, O. S. GULVER. 

